Concerns about effect of fertility treatment on baby development ‘unwarranted’

Study’s findings will be a ‘welcome relief’ to patients

Concerns about effect of fertility treament on baby development ‘unwarranted’ (AFP via Getty Images)

Children conceived through fertility treatment who show growth differences an infant catch up with their peers by their late teens, a study has suggested.

Concerns for the long-term risks facing children born through such fertility treatments emerged after the first IVF baby was born in 1978 in Manchester.

However, experts have now found that children born through IVF are unlikely to have any health implications.